=== startWithSelection tail ===
2009: async function startWithSelection() {
2010:   hidePicker();
2011:   setCaption("WAKING HER UP…");
2012:   setMainButton("busy", "Loading…");
2013:   loading.classList.remove("done");
2014:   loading.classList.add("active");
2015:   loading.textContent = "Loading avatar...";
2016:   const newsPromise = (settings.avatar === "vuong.glb" || !settings.avatar) ? getHotNews().catch(() => []) : Promise.resolve([]);
2017:   let ok = false;
2018:   try {
2019:     const initPromise = stage.init({
2020:       avatarUrl: settings.avatar ? `/avatars/${settings.avatar}` : undefined,
2021:       onprogress: (ev) => {
2022:         if (ev.lengthComputable) {
2023:           loading.textContent = `Loading avatar ${Math.min(100, Math.round((ev.loaded / ev.total) * 100))}%`;
2024:         }
2025:       }
2026:     });
2027:     const timeout = new Promise((_, rej) => setTimeout(() => rej(new Error("init timeout")), 25000));
2028:     await Promise.race([initPromise, timeout]);
2029:     stage.resume(); // start render loop so the avatar is actually visible (not a single black frame)
2030:     ok = true;
2031:   } catch (err) {
2032:     console.error("[startWithSelection] init failed/timeout:", err);
2033:   } finally {
2034:     try { preFetchedNews = await newsPromise; } catch { preFetchedNews = []; }
2035:     newsSeq = preFetchedNews.slice();
2036:     newsSeqIdx = -1;
2037:     newsTopicQuery = "";
2038:     loading.classList.remove("active");
2039:     if (ok) setCaption(CAPTIONS.idle);
2040:     else setCaption("AVATAR KHÔNG HIỂN THỊ — THỬ CHỌN AVATAR KHÁC", "error");
2041:     setMainButton("start", "Start talking");
2042:   }
2043: }
2044: const pickerStartBtn = document.getElementById("picker-start");
2045: if (pickerStartBtn) pickerStartBtn.addEventListener("click", () => void startWithSelection());
=== index.html topic-tags line ===
H50:         <div id="topic-tags" class="topic-tags" hidden></div>